We are delighted to introduce our next new artist, Kevin Andrew Morris. Born in Aberdeen UK, he lives and works in Glasgow and across Scotland. Morris graduated with a BA Hons in Ceramic Design in 2010 from The Glasgow School of Art. Since then he has gone on to exhibit his work nationally and internationally as well as […]
Month: March 2017
Historical Individual – Masaaki Oyamada
From the collection, I chose the archives of Dutch person who spent their childhood in Indonesia between 1947 and 1958. Through the concept of Saudade (a Portuguese word that expresses the deep emotional state of nostalgic longing for the past), this project came about as a sort of sequel to my past activities. One of […]
Artist Research – Christopher Squier
UNITED STATES As an international artist preparing to create work based on the Expatriate Archive, I have to anticipate conducting the majority of my research at a distance through virtual and digital versions of the archive. However, having just finished another project in Trondheim, I took advantage of my nomadic emerging-artist lifestyle and flew to […]
Memories of Indonesia – Euf Lindeboom
From the archive I chose the memoirs of a Dutch expat who lived from 1948 till 1954 with her husband (who worked for an international company) and children in Indonesia. They made their home in Bagus Kuning at Pladju, near Palembang, Sumatra. My own family has a similar story. In 1952 we came by boat (the […]
A Child’s Experience – Carla Wright
For the Saudade project I have chosen to work with a booklet made by the children of a family who were Dutch expats living in Nigeria from 1978-1983. My recent work explores child-led organisation and experience so I was particularly drawn to the booklet made by a school class titled ‘Nigeria Week 1982’. […]
Archives as Inspiration – Natalie McIlroy
After many months of preparation, funding applications, and dreaming, we officially began work on the Saudade project today. It is tremendously exciting! This first blog post is about my role as Lead Artist/Curator of Saudade however I am also involved in the project as one of the artists. So far myself and the team at […]
Making Connections – Janne van Gilst
I think my first post on this blog should start with a short introduction. My name is Janne van Gilst, I’m 25 years old and I live in The Hague. I studied at the Royal Academy of Art and graduated in 2013 to become a photographer. My first visit to the Expatriate Archive Centre was […]